By Ethan Covey
ORLANDO, Fla.—Complete skin closure may be a viable wound management technique in emergent colorectal surgery, reducing many complications such as mortality, hospital length of stay and surgical site infection, according to a paper presented at the 2024 annual meeting of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
“Surgeons continue to be challenged with the decision to close or not to close skin in patients undergoing emergency surgery for